Esports team owner finds \u2018Holy Grail\u2019 Nintendo game worth $20,000 in childhood collection Twitter\/Hastr0OpTic co-owner Mike \u2018Hastr0\u2019 Rufail discovered one of gaming\u2019s \u2018holy grails\u2019 in a box of games from his childhood collection and it could fetch him tens of thousands of dollars. Stadium Events is one of the rarest video games of all time with only around 10,000 copies thought to be in existence, but that\u2019s exactly what Hastr0 had in his collection. While Stadium Events was released in 1987, it was quickly rereleased as World Class Track Meet and made use of the Nintendo Power Pad accessory. So, how did such a rarity wind up in Hastr0\u2019s collection? Well, according to the esports team owner, his cartridge appears to be a former rental game. Hastr0 finds ultra rare Nintendo game in childhood collection In a post on Twitter and subsequent Reddit thread, Hastr0 revealed that he was going through his childhood collection of Nintendo games when he pulled out Stadium Events. \u201cThis is one of the rarest video game cartridges in the world. An original, 1987 NTSC copy of Stadium Events. Didn\u2019t even realize it was in my collection. This is pretty insane,\u201d he said. On Reddit, he noted that his cartridge had a \u2018sports\u2019 sticker on the back and \u20188222\u2019 written on the front and inquired if it was a prototype, but many suspected it was from a video game rental store. After a bit of research, Hastr0 agreed with the users in the game collecting subreddit, but still had some big decisions to make. \u201cI think it is safe to say that this was a rental cart and the sticker\/markings were for shelf stocking and inventory tracking purposes,\u201d he said, reaching a verdict. \u201cNow to decide whether to remove the sticker and remove the Sharpie markings with an alcohol wipe.\u201d In a follow-up post, Hastr0 revealed that he plans to hold onto the cart for a while and won\u2019t be selling it just yet. According to Price Charting, the game\u2019s loose cost is listed at $19,411.50. Some sellers have listed the game as a \u2018Holy Grail\u2019 due to its rarity. Not bad considering it was just tucked away in an old box. It just goes to show, you never know if there\u2019s a potential jewel hiding in your basement or attic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Esports team owner finds \u2018Holy Grail\u2019 Nintendo game worth $20,000 in childhood collection Twitter\/Hastr0OpTic co-owner Mike \u2018Hastr0\u2019 Rufail discovered one of gaming\u2019s \u2018holy grails\u2019 in a box of games from his childhood collection and it could fetch him tens of thousands of dollars. Stadium Events is one of the rarest video games of all time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}